NATO Mission Iraq (NMI)

The “NATO Mission Iraq” was formally launched at the Brussels Summit in July 2018, at the request of the Iraqi government and in coordination with the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. It is a non-combat training and capacity-building mission that involves several hundred NATO trainers. The trainers are helping Iraqi forces secure their country and the wider region against terrorism and prevent the re-emergence of ISIS. Training focuses on areas such as countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs), civil-military planning, armoured vehicles maintenance and military medicine; it is also helping Iraqi instructors to build more sustainable,  transparent and inclusive national security structures and institutions to strengthen Iraqi military institutions.

From 2004 to 2011, NATO conducted a relatively small but important support operation in Iraq that consisted of training, mentoring and assisting the Iraqi Security Forces. It was known as the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I).